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By Making It on 5 December, 2011
Richard Heinberg and Matthew Lockwood debate the “end of growth”, and what lies at the foundation of a post-carbon, green economy
Posted in All Posts, Hot Topic | Tagged Adapting to Our New Economic Reality, c02, carbon emissions, climate change, constant growth, de-carbonized economy, debt, developed countries, developing countries, division of labour, economic crisis, economic expansion, economic growth is effectively over, economists, emissions reductions, environmental damage, executives, gender equality, gender issue, global economy, government cover-up, grandchildren's future, green growth, Industrial Development, industrial revolution, infrastructure, innovation, investment, irreversible climate change effects, issue 8, limited national resources, low-carbon technologies, Making It magazine, Matthew Lockwood, no recovery, politics, Post Carbon Institute, Richard Heinberg, sustainability, the economy is recovering, the end of growth, transition away from fossil fuels, UK's Institute of Development Studies, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, women, world warming
By Making It on 3 December, 2011
Why gender equality is fundamental to Ireland’s overseas development programme
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged building networks, business and farmers associations, Early Childhood Care and Education, enabling women to control their fertility, equitable societies, Fair Trade, female entrepreneurs, gender equality, gender-blind, government, health, human rights, Industrial Development, international trade, Ireland's Minister of State for Trade and Development, Ireland's National Women's Strategy, Ireland's overseas development programme, Irish aid, issue 8, Jan O'Sullivan TD, key facet of empowerment, least developed countries, liberalization, Making It magazine, networking, Orsi Parkanyi, productivity, quality maternal and reproductive health, sustained economic growth, third-level institutions, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, universities, Women as Entrepreneurs, women in parliament, women's economic empowerment, women's engagement in economy, women's issue
By Making It on 2 December, 2011
Zoe Elena Horn examines the impact of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy through her work on the Inclusive Cities study
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Asia, barring access to waste, chronic unemployment and underemployment, employment, financial literacy, financial services, focus groups, gender equality, global economic crisis, government, grim, harassment, home-based work, Inclusive Cities project, income earning opportunities, India, Industrial Development, informal enterprises, interviews, investment, issue 8, latin america, Making It magazine, minimum wage schemes, policymakers, policymaking, raids, research, self-employment, SEWA, skills training, social and economic protection, socially vulnerable, street trade, subsidize electricity, technology improvement, UN, unemployment, UNIDO, United Nations, unpaid care and domestic chores, vulnerability, waste collection, well-being, WIEGO, women, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, women in the informal sector, world's poorest and most vulnerable workers, world's richest countries, Zoe Elena Horn
By Making It on 2 December, 2011
Paul Polak believes corporations can will only remain competitive in the global marketplace by creating vibrant new markets that serve customers living on less than two US dollars a day
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged Bangladesh, Cambodia, cheaper, Coca-Cola, competition, corporate interest, éducation, effective, efficient, Ethiopia, Europe, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, Gates Foundation, gender equality, health, human-powered irrigation, IDE, income-generating products, India, Industrial Development, innovation, International Development Enterprises, investion, issue 8, less than US$2, limitless electricity, Making It magazine, microsoft, Myanmar, Nepal, Paul Polak, power, profit, profitable business, safe drinking water, Spring Health, the future of corporations, treadle pump, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, Viet Nam, Wal-Mart, women's issue, Zambia, Zimbabwe
By Making It on 1 December, 2011
Women in poor countries need resources to tap their entrepreneurial potential and ease the path to taking small ventures and building them up, according to Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Afghanistan, Bloomberg, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bpeace, building better communities, business development, Centre for Women's Business, conflict, Council on Foreign Relations, development workers in the field, economic productivity, éducation, El Salvador, entrepreneurial potential, environment, female entrepreneurs, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, gender equality, Ghana, Global, Goldman Sachs 10000 Women, Industrial Development, International Centre for Research on Women, international monetary fund, issue 8, Liberia, Making It magazine, market opportunities, Mercy Corps, microfinance, Peace Dividend Trust, post-conflict, poverty, reduced mobility, Rwanda, small ventures, social and cultural constraints, social investment, technical skills, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, US Secretary Hillary Clinton, women
By Making It on 30 November, 2011
Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, explains how to advance the aim of gender equality, and what obstacles prevent women from accessing greater economic opportunities
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged Africa, Asia, credit, dependency, development, economic empowerment of women, economic opportunities, employment and entrepreneurial activities, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, gender equality, gender gaps, gender issue, globalization, goods and services, government, Hilary Clinton, human rights, ILO, International Labour Organization, livelihoods, macroeconomic policies, Making It magazine, McKinsey, Michelle Bachelet, policymaking, poverty, poverty reduction, prevent women, private sector development, rio+20, social and labour market obstacles, social challenges, structural inequalities, UN Global Compact, UN Women, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, World Ecnomic Forum
By Making It on 11 September, 2011
A country feature on the possibility of Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC status, and exclusive interview with the Minister of Industries
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agriculture, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Minister of Industries, capitalism, collective, competition, country features, Debapriya Bhattacharya, democratic deliberation, development, Dilip Barua, economic arrangements, emerging market economy, gender equality, Global, global commons, global ecosystem, globalization, governance, graduations from LDC status, green industry, growth, imbalance, individualism, Industrial Development, inequality, institutions, International, interview, issue 7, ldc, Least Developed Country, macroeconomic, Making It, market, MDGs, nation state, opportunities, policy, political economy, politics, productivity, regulation, stabilization, subsidies, sustainability, technology transfer, trade, UN, UNIDO, United Nations
By Making It on 23 June, 2011
Lina Abou-Habib asks if revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa can be a vehicle for the economic empowerment of women, or whether patriarchy will prevail
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged accountability, agribusiness, agriculture, Arab Spring, Ben Ali, change, Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action, CRTDA, developing countries, dictator, discrimination, economy, Egypt, equality, feminism, gender, gender equality, impunity, Industrial Development Organization, Iran, issue 6, labour, leadership, liberation, Lina Abou-Habib, Making It magazine, market, MENA, Middle East, North Africa, patriarchy, policy, politics, post-revolution era, power, prejudice, public sphere, religion, revolution, social institutions, society, Tahrir Square, transformation, Tunisia, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, violence, women, Yemen